Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below. For data usage terms and conditions, please refer to http://www.genome.gov/27528022 and http://www.genome.gov/Pages/Research/ENCODE/ENCODEDataReleasePolicyFinal2008.pdf Refer to individual Series
Project description:The set of expressed microRNAs in a given cell type, or “miRNome”, can be explored under many different aspects. Many studies report modulations of the miRNome in a wide variety of cancers. Papillary thyroid cancer is the most prevalent type of endocrine cancer. The presence of nodal metastases increases the risk of recurrence and mortality. In our study, we performed microRNA deep sequencing (miRSeq) of 3 PTC, their matching normal tissues and nodal metastases and designed a new bioinformatic framework to analyze variations of the different aspects of the miRNome: expression profile, isomiRs and non-templated additions distributions, mutation or A-to-I RNA-editing. Furthermore, we validated our results using qRT-PCR on independent samples from 14 patients and using the collection of miRSeq data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (up to 495 miRseq of PTC). We gave a particular attention to cell content and contamination. We showed that microRNA expression profiles of thyrocytes are altered during tumorigenesis. These alterations involve known up regulations of microRNAs such as miR-146b-5p or miR-22-3p but also down regulations such as miR-7-5p, miR-7-2-5p, miR-1179 or miR-204-5p. Furthermore, some expression modulations were increased following the nodal metastatic process such as miR-7-2-3p or miR-138-1-3p. However, we did not find variations in the other aspects of the miRNome analyzed. We used our bioinformatic frameworks on the largest PTC miRSeq data collection available, to our knowledge. It allowed us, in one study on the different aspects of the miRNome, to find modulated microRNAs that could act as biomarkers of PTC.
Project description:A simple HEK293 lysate, which can be used to benchmark the performance of both the LC system and the mass spectrometer. The four files uploaded here were aqcuired on different timepoints and show distinct LC column differences.
Project description:The Cosmic Ray Exposure Sequencing Science (CRESS) payload system is a proof of concept experiment to assess the genomic impact of space radiation on seeds. CRESS was designed as a secondary payload for the December 2016 high-altitude, high-latitude, and long-duration balloon flight carrying the Boron And Carbon Cosmic Rays in the Upper Stratosphere (BACCUS) experimental hardware. Investigation of the biological effects of Galactic Cosmic Radiation (GCR), particularly those of ions with High-Z and Energy (HZE), is of interest due to the genomic damage this type of radiation inflicts. The biological effects of upper-stratospheric mixed radiation above Antarctica (ANT) were sampled using Arabidopsis thaliana seeds and were compared to those resulting from a controlled simulation of GCR at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and to laboratory control seed. The payload developed for Antarctica exposure was broadly designed to 1U CubeSat specifications (10cmx10cmx10cm, ≤1.33kg), maintained 1 atm internal pressure, and carried an internal cargo of four seed trays (about 580,000 seeds) and twelve CR-39 Solid-State Nuclear Track Detectors (SSNTDs). The irradiated seeds were recovered, sterilized and grown on Petri plates for phenotypic screening. BNL and ANT M0 seeds showed significantly reduced germination rates and elevated somatic mutation rates when compared to non-irradiated controls, with the BNL mutation rate also being significantly higher than that of ANT. Genomic DNA from mutants of interest was evaluated with whole-genome sequencing using PacBio SMRT technology. Sequence data revealed the presence of an array of genome structural variants in the genomes of M0 and M1 mutant plants.
Project description:We provided an improved SELEX-Seq strategy for characterizing DNA-binding specificity of transcription factor. We valided the strategy by characterzing the DNA-binding specificty of NF-M-NM-:B p50 dimer. Proteins of the Nf-kappab family were bound to DNA oligonucleotides containing a degenerate region. The protein-DNA complexes were selected after one or multiple rounds of SELEX and the DNA molecules were deep sequenced.